Who Was Creatively Responsible For Casablanca?

The film 'Casablanca' was directed by Michael Curtiz. It was produced by Hal B. The film was based on the play 'Everybody comes to Rick's'

The person responsible for Casablanca were the Epstein brothers, they were the first writers assigned to the film. They were then later joined by Howard Koch who wrote the first 40 lines of the script.  Wallis was in charge of the film who then chose his close friend Michael Curtiz to direct the film.

You could also say the film's story editor, Irene Diamond could be responsible for the creation of Casablanca. You could say this because he was the one who discovered the unproduced play 'Everybody comes to Rick's' whilst he was on a trip to New York in 1941.

Arthur Edeso was the cinematographer, he was a film noir expressionist. You can see were he had a say in the film as there was many shadows such as the bars outside Rick's, suggesting that they're trapped there's no way to get out, also with the shadows of the hats on the casts faces. This shows that the characters want to be shielded.

Overall, I think the main person responsible for the making of Casablanca was Irene Diamond as if he didn't see the unproduced play 'Everybody comes to Rick's' then there wouldn't have been the idea to make it into a film.

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